New EVO Today, Will This Work?

Biofall · #1 (**permalink**) 07-23-2010, 12:05 PM

I'm going to get a new evo today from best buy do to the screen lifting issue plus some other things. If I back up everything to a micro sd card, when I root the new evo can I just pop in my old card and use titanium to get it exactly where I was?

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lightninjay · #2 (**permalink**) 07-23-2010, 01:51 PM

I haven't personally done this or had to do this yet but from what I've read, what you'll want to do is do a nandroid backup as well as use titanium backup for all your apps and settings and such.

From my understanding, the nandroid is like a backup of the registry and the titanium is like a backup of programs.

Should be just as simple as doing both backups on your old phone, rooting your new phone, doing the nandroid restore on your new phone, then doing the titanium restore on your new phone and you'll be back to where you were.

However, as I said, I haven't had to do this yet so please take everything you just read with a grain of salt, I could very well be completely wrong. Anyone please feel free to correct anything that I've just said.

**apristel** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-23-2010, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by lightninjay

I haven't personally done this or had to do this yet but from what I've read, what you'll want to do is do a nandroid backup as well as use titanium backup for all your apps and settings and such.

From my understanding, the nandroid is like a backup of the registry and the titanium is like a backup of programs.

Should be just as simple as doing both backups on your old phone, rooting your new phone, doing the nandroid restore on your new phone, then doing the titanium restore on your new phone and you'll be back to where you were.

However, as I said, I haven't had to do this yet so please take everything you just read with a grain of salt, I could very well be completely wrong. Anyone please feel free to correct anything that I've just said.

A nandroid backup is a complete backup...of everything, including apps.

I'm not sure if a nandroid from one phone to another will work, even though they are the same device/hardware...

I'd use Titanium also and make a full backup with that, then you can restore apps + data + system data - and be back where you are now.,,

Try the nandroid restore first and please report back please, I'd like to know the results myself.